Jaipur: Pink City will soon get rid of its garbage menace as the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has earmarked 25 hectares land in Langdiwas to set up waste-to-energy plant.

The plant, which will have the capacity of nearly 700 million litres per day, will be developed on public private and partnership (PPP) model and memorandum of understanding ( MoU) is expected to be signed by next month with the firm. The estimated cost of this project will be Rs 180 crore.

JMC is planning to generate nearly seven MW in a day from 650 tonnes of waste. "At present, waste generated in JMC areas is close to 1,250 tonne. Out of which, 350 tonne is used to produce refuse derived fuel that is sold to cement factories and 250 tonne is used to produce compost manure. We are planning to generate electricity from remaining 650 tonne garbage," said a JMC official. It was further informed that the firm will be appointed for 25 years. It will sell electricity with the cost of Rs 7.4 to the electricity department. "Recently, JMC had invited tenders to establish the plant in which many firms took part. A Gurgaon based firm has been selected for the same. The firm would pay Rs 66 for per metric tonne to JMC."

Explaining the procedure of generating electricity, the official said, "As per the reports, one MW can be generated using 100 tonnes waste. Segregation is done in several steps at the plant. Non-combustible matter is segregated and moisture content reduced by drying it.